Astah Professional Release Notes: 6.4

[Notes for Mac]

  • [Ctrl] key mentioned in this Release Note indicates [Command] key in Mac OS X
  • RTF document Astah generates is designed for Microsoft Office Word. When you open RTF Document with TextEdit, the images would not appear.
  • You cannot drag Diagram Editor's tabs to move sideways on Aqua Look and Feel.

Astah Professional 6.4 (March 31, 2011)

  • Model Version: 34
    Astah files (.asta) are upward compatible. If the files have been edited by the newer model version of Astah, they cannot be opened in the older model version.
  • Supported Operating system
    Mac OS X and Linux are now officially supported.

New Functions

  • Copy and Paste models over two Astahs
    Now you are able to copy and paste models from one Astah to another.
  • One-click to adjust Diagram Editors width/height
  • Improvements on switching On/Off of Draw Suggest feature
    • The draw suggest is disabled while holding Shift key down
    • On/Off of the draw suggest feature is now available with new button on Tool bar
    • On/Off default setting is now available in the System Properties
  • New menu [Depth Arrangement] added to move objects to front/back of others in diagram more easily
    [Bring to Front], [Bring Forward], [Send Backward] and [Send to Back] added under [Depth Arrangement] menu
  • API Extension
    • Get Part and Port of IConnector's both Source and Target
    • Add/Remove/Resize images to/from/of Mind Map Topic
  • Print Lifeline/Partition name on each page
    To enable to do so, check on [System Properties] - [Print] - [Print name of Lifeline and Partition on each page]
  • [Export Java] available for a package includes space at the end of its name
  • Draw Suggest feature is now supported for Port
  • Lane and Lifeline name always appear in blue in the forefront of other objects when scrolling diagram down
  • [Background color] option has been moved to under [Basic] in the System Properties
  • [F2] no longer functions to modify reference project in the Structure Tree
  • Now it is easier to move Self-messages
  • Label changed on Mind Map topic's Pop-up menu from [Add Image] to [Add/Change Image]
  • Label changed on Search option from [Match case] to [Case Sensitive]
  • [Mac] Dialog sizes are more properly adjusted
  • [Mac] Export as EMF is now available
  • [Mac] Key bindings are now available

Fixed Bugs

  • [4407] Already-selected multiple messages automatically get unselected after moving them in Sequence Diagram
  • [4398] Knobs do not appear when topic's edge is selected in Mind Map
  • [4376] Some objects are not selectable when they are overlapped with other objects
  • [4365] Pasting texts from Clipboard on ER Diagram could generate duplicated models
  • [4362] An exception occurs when specifying other format files than .asta for reference projects
  • [4414] [Mac] Astah hangs by exporting images when [Resolution to export a diagram to PNG, JPEG files as a bitmap image (DPI)] is set as 71 or low
  • [4401] [Mac] Order of Class's Attributes cannot be changed with [command] + UP/Down key

Attention

  • XMI files generated by JUDE/Professional3.0 or older cannot be loaded.
  • [Insert diagram image's link into exported document] option has been removed from RTF Document settings

Existing Bugs

  • [4274] Highlighter element does not appear on exported EMF
  • [4216] Print setting does not work for all the sheets of Entity Definition Report in EXCEL2007 or earlier version
  • [4070] FreeHand element does not appear on exported EMF
  • [3765] Spaces are not displayed correctly when printing a UseCase Description
  • [3049] After ungrouping the EMF images of diagrams from Astah, the EMF image falls apart in other tools
  • Depend on the running environment, images in EMF format cannot be pasted directly in Word, Excel or PowerPoint
    This happens in Office 2000 after applying Windows update KB896424. To paste, go to [Edit] - [Paste special] - [Enhanced Metafile] in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. If you use Office 2003, you do not encounter this problem.
  • In the RTF document export function, the size of images becomes too large or small depending on the option or the size of diagrams
  • Some of Japanese characters cannot be input in the Mind Map
  • A curve line in Mind Map will become a dashed line when you copy & paste an EMF file
  • [4149] Boundaries in Mind Map are not displayed in the EMF format
  • Objects lose gradations on exported EMF images. (By [Export Image]-[Save Diagram as EMF]/[Save Multiple Diagrams as EMF]/[Copy to Clipboard]-[EMF])
  • [4034] [Mac] Astah could freeze when printing or previewing on Mac OS X 10.5
  • [4005] [Mac] Astah freezes when selecting [Print] - [Save as PDF] on Mac OS X 10.5

What's NOT supported in Mac

  • Copying as EMF is not supported